World Missions & Evangelism, Inc.

The work in Honduras is continuing to move forward. Since the project began in 2008, our team has trained leaders from 17 denominations or networks in the Church Planting/Disciple Making Movement strategy. Our full time team and those who we have trained have made contacts with potential people of peace in many locations throughout more than half the departments of Honduras. Some sort of work has been done in approximately 700 locations in the nation. Wells have been drilled for needy families, school supplies have been given to hundreds of children, a school has been painted in a village, people have received vitamins for their children, and small micro business work has blessed people in village areas and provided access for the gospel. Of the 17 organizations that have been trained (including our primary team), we know that at least 6 of them have workers actively implementing the strategy. And at present, our latest statistics show that there are 172 new churches planted, and 210

The diagram at the top of this blog article illustrates 4 leadership approaches that church and missional leaders can take when it comes to their ministry. Those 4 approaches are created by the way 2 specific leadership concepts relate to each other. If you can imagine that the vertical line represents the concept of Initiative Leadership, either high or low (top or bottom in the diagram), and that the horizontal axis represents the concept of Releasing Leadership, either high or low (left or right), then the 4 resulting patterns represent a style of leadership and the effect each produces in an organization or a movement. Let me unpack this a bit further with some definition. By Initiative Leadership, I mean leadership that actually initiates something. The old adage (I think I first may have heard it from John Maxwell) is that if you are leading and no one is following you are just taking a walk. Those are true words, and they especially apply to the Maxwell definition of leadership

The 13 th World Missions and Evangelism conference just ended this morning and it was a time of amazing blessing. Missionaries and believers were present who represented the work of God or provided reports from Honduras, Guatemala, Indonesia, Botswana, India, Afghanistan, Russia, Philippines, and special ministry to persons with intellectual disability. The reports of what God is doing was truly phenomenal. And during the weekend, a new assessment was received from the Honduras Church Planting Movement project. We received a much anticipated report from Beto in Honduras who reported the beginning of 72 new Discovery Bible Studies. This brings the Honduras project to 171 churches and an additional 207 Discovery Bible Studies....the gospel going to 378 locations.....all of which began with our first training of leaders that began on May 1, 2008. We now are in the 48 th month of the project, thus finishing 4 years in all and we can praise God and celebrate what is happening in the HCP

This is missions conference week for WME. This Friday through Sunday, April 13 through 15, WME will be having its 13th World Missions Conference at Oasis Christian Center in Paducah KY. The conference begins on Friday evening at 7 p.m. with the first session. There will be conference sessions at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday and the conference will conclude on Sunday Morning in the 10 a.m. service. Meals will follow every service. Oasis Christian Center is at 3232 Buckner Lane in Paducah KY. We hope that all the readers of our blog will come out and be a part of this great time of Worship, Word, and Encouragement. Our planned speaker, Syvelle Phillips of Evangel Bible Translators, is unable to be with us at the conference because of some health issues. He has recently been hospitalized, and although he is home and recovering very well, his physician has told him that he cannot make the trip. We hope that all of you will keep Bro. Syvelle in your prayers. He is a great man of God, who

Don't forget about the World Missions Conference 2012! The conference will be held at Oasis Christian Center, 3232 Buckner Lane, in Paducah, KY on April 13-15, 2012. The theme for this year is Taking Back the Fight! Come and enjoy three days of bold worship, powerful messages, and great fellowship! Call the W.M.E. office at 270-527-9445 to register for the conference. We look forward to seeing you there! Speakers: Syvelle Phillips will be the main speaker at the 2012 Missions Conference. He is the founder and President of Evangel Bible Translators. For over 30 years EBT has provided the Holy Scriptures for people in their own language. David Parish is the President of World Missions and Evangelism. WME is a missions sending agency focused on Church Planting Movements and Unreached Peoples and Regions of the World. Schedule: Friday, April 13 6 p.m. Registration and Fellowship 7 p.m. Keynote Service: Syvelle Phillips (Food and fellowship following service!) Saturday, April 14 10 a.m.